Kelsea Ballerini pulls on a pair of boxing gloves and gets in the ring in the video for her latest single, “Miss Me More.” The pulsing, dance music-influenced tune appears on the Knoxville, Tennessee native’s second album Unapologetically. In keeping with the song’s lyrical message about the struggle to regain …
Read More »Beatles Producer Giles Martin to Join YouTube 'White Album' Panel
Producer Giles Martin, who recently helmed the 50th anniversary edition of the Beatles’ “White Album,” will join a YouTube livestreamed panel discussion about that classic LP. The event, set for Wednesday, November 7th at 2 p.m. ET, will also featureRide guitarist Andy Bell, the Last Shadow Puppets frontman Miles Kane,NME …
Read More »Tee Grizzley Recruits Chance the Rapper for New Single 'Wake Up'
Tee Grizzley and Chance the Rapperare rappers built tomotivate, even if they get there in vastly different ways. Grizzley’s often biographical stories root themselves in the overwhelming adversity of his upbringing, reveling in its brute force songcraft, while Chance has a tendency to lean on the stylistic grooves of gospel …
Read More »Ozzy Osbourne Announces 2019 North American No More Tours 2 Dates
After ringing in the New Year at a one-off Ozzfest in Los Angeles, Ozzy Osbourne will be spending much of 2019 in North America on a new leg of his ongoing No More Tours 2 Tour. Megadeth will serve as openers for the dates, which begin May 29th in Atlanta …
Read More »Hear Troye Sivan's Atmospheric Cover of Queen's 'Somebody to Love'
Troye Sivan is the latest star to cover a Queen classic ahead of the biopicBohemian Rhapsody. His version of “Somebody to Love” follows 5 Seconds of Summer’s “Killer Queen” and Shawn Mendes take on “Under Pressure” with Teddy Geiger. For Sivan’s cover, the singer-songwriter transforms the classic anthem. Stripping away …
Read More »See Red Hot Chili Peppers Surprise Students With Halloween Performance
Red Hot Chili Peppers put on an impromptu concert for students at Viewpoint School in Calabasas, California. Dressed for Halloween, the band gave an energetic morning performance at the school that drummer Chad Smith’s kids attend. “Who rocks out at 9:30am at my kids’ school?,” Smith tweeted after their set. …
Read More »Review: 'The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society' (Super Deluxe Edition)
The Kinks’ quaint, baroque commercial bomb gets its due in a comprehensive box set that features every single track the band could dig up from the period: the album in stereo and mono (go with the mono), non-LP singles, outtakes, demos, BBC recordings, vintage interviews. The album was Ray Davies’ …
Read More »Tim Heidecker Unveils MAGA-Mocking 'Ballad of the Incel Man'
Tim Heidecker mocks the MAGA-loving, “involuntarily celibate” Trump supporter in the comedian’s new song “Ballad of the Incel Man.” “Wear my ‘Hillary for Prison’ shirt/ Like a good boy should,” Heidecker’s rally attendee sings. “Got my picture of Obama/ Which we’ll burn in effigy/ And I hope I find a …
Read More »Lin-Manuel Miranda Previews Charity LP For Separated Families With 'Cielito Lindo'
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Mandy Gonzalez passionately duet “Cielito Lindo” in a new preview video for charity album, Singing You Home – Children’s Songs for Family Reunification. The bilingual LP will benefit organizations helping to reunite and support families separated at the border. In the clip, the pair are seen in …
Read More »Jason Isbell at the Ryman: Songwriter Makes a Case He's Last of His Kind at Night 3
When Jason Isbell asks if he’s the “last of my kind” in his wistful song of the same name, it’s hard not to wonder if the answer is “yes.” It was particularly resonant when he played The Nashville Sound track mid-set on Wednesday night, during the third show of his …
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